Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair is a collection of poems which was originally written in Spanish language by Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. It was first published in 1924 and has been translated into many languages. Neruda was only 19 years old when this collection was released. It is a collection of romantic poems and is controversial for its eroticism but remains the bestselling poetry book in the Spanish language ever, almost 100 years after its first publication.